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WORK OF THE SESSION ACTS OF GENERAL INTEREST PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE. Tb? Manures tb*t Got Through suad Were KatJfi'd bj tbe Senate and House of Representatives?The Uana! Number. The following are the acts and joint ? i-i? * 1 :~4 resolutions ci gentrcu jiiiwai ya-Mcu by the Legislature at its late session which closed last Wednesday morning: AN ACT TO Provide for the taxation of telegraph telephone, palaca car, sleeping car, drawing room car, dining car, express and fast freight, joint stock associations, companies, copartnerships and corporations transacting business in the State of South Cirolina, and to repeal acts in conflictProhibit unreasonable discrimination by telephone companies doing business in this State m the rates at which they furnish telephones and telephone service to their patrons in different localities, Ansend an act entitled "An act to amend Section 27 of act entitled "An aot to provide a system of county government for the several counties of this State, ?0 far as it relates to the working and maintaining the roads and highways in this State,'" approved 2d March, 1897. Regulate the practice in the courts of this State in actions ex delicto for damages. Amend Sections 4 and 27 of an act entitled "An act to provide a system of county government of the several counties of this State, so far as it relates to the working and maintaining the roads and highways in this State"! approved March 23, 1896, and also amended and approved February 25, 1897. Create the county of Lee from portions of Kershaw, Darlington and Sumter counties, with boundaries as hereinafter described, and to provide for the erection of court house and jail, for the holding of courts and for the election of county officers. Authorize and empower the county boards of commissioners of the several counties of this State to establish and maintain free ferries. Declare the law as to fees of Clerks of Courts and Registers of Mesne Conveyance for certifying to the recording certain written instruments. Regulate express and telegraph companies and to extend the powers of the railroad commissioners, so as to give them power and authority to regulate charges Dy express companies lor transportation,to regulate the charges of telegraph companies for the transmission of messages by telegraph, or charges by persons engaged in the several businesses herein named, to apply the powers given to said commissioners, by law, over railroad companies to all companies or persons owning, controlling, or operating a line or lines of express and telegraph, and make the penalties prescribed against railroads for violating commissioner's rules apply to the companies and persons herein named, whose line or lines is or are wholly or in part in this State. Amend Section 16S4 of the General Statutes of 1S92, appearing as Section 432 of the Revised Statutes of 1893, Volume 2, so as to prohibit the destroying of the nests o: certain birds. Charter the Central Carolina Railway and to authorize towns and cities , interested in and along the lines of said railway to subscribe to the capital stock thereof in bonds. j Air end ail act entitled An act to require all persons or corporations building or using a barbed wira fence within fifty feet of a public highway, when same runs parallel with and within fifty feet of a railroad track, to place a plank on or near the top of said fence," approved December 2*st, 1894, so as to make the terms thereof more explicit. Amend Section 2 of an act entitled "An act to apportion the road fund derived from the special countv le. approved 17th February, A. D. 1897, as to length of bridges to be repaired or built Amend Section 1692 of the General Statutes of South Carolina, being Section 425 of the Revised Statutes of 18S3, Vol. 2. Amend Section 683 of the Revised Statutes, relating to certain claims against counties. Construe mortgages of real estate within this State. Amend an. act entitled "An act to declare the law in relation to liens on real estate," approved December 24, 1879. Create the office of State Libarian; to fix the salary and prescribe the duties thereof; to constitute a Board of Trustees for the State Library, and to designate the powers and duties theia of; to appropriate money for the use oi tne state .Library, ana to mate certain offenses herein specified a misdemenor. Amend Section 1299 (596) of Vol. 1 of the Revised Statutes, 1893, as to labels on commercial fertilizers. Amend an act approved 17th February, 1897, entitled "An act to provide the pupils attending the free public schools with school text books at act- j ual cost." Amend Section 1776 of the General Statutes, being Section 1968 of the Revised Statutes of 1893, as to Ihs effect of registration of legal instruments. Amend Section 279 of the General States of 1882, appearing as Section 335 of the Revised Statutes of South Carolina of 1893, Vol. 1, relating to the powers and duties of the Comptroller General in the non-payment of taxes, in special cases. Amend Section 352 of the Code of Civil Procedure of 1882, appearing as Section 352, Vol. 2, of the Revised Statutes of 1893, relating to stay of execution and sale on appeal to the Supreme Court in certain cases. Require tho "Magistrates to hold pre liminary investigations in criminal - a - - j * a _ ? cases oeyona meir jurisaiciion unless waived in writing. Protect boarding houses and inn keepers. Empower magistrates to order services by publication upon absent defendants. Provide for the payment of certain j pensions. Incorporate the Saluda and John-! son Railroad Company. Make the drawing of jurors public. Authorize sheriffs and deputy sheriffs of the State to arrest'criminals without warrant in certain cases. Establish and declare the law ps to distress for rent. Exempt students of colleges from road duty or the payment of commutation tax in the towns and cities of this State. ;..f\ Provide for the inspection of foods, * " crags, spirituous, fermented and malt liquors, and to provide for the pun's isnment for adulteration thereof. Providing for the erection and maintenance of gates serous pubiic highways at certain points and tor the 1 punishment of persons failing to ciose same. To amend the act entitled ' 'An act to provide for the formation of certain corporations and to define the powers tnereof," approved 9th Marcb, 1S96, so far as the same relates to the notice to be given in order to obtain a new charter or an amendment to a charter, ana in orderElto mortea^e a corporation's property to stcure the payirent | cf its obligations. Amend an set emitted "An act to ; require certain cfnsers to keep an iiem| iztd account of their income by virtue of their cilice, and to require them to make an annual report cm the same to i tbe County Supervisor," approved I March 2nd^ 1897. Amend an act entitled "An act rej quiring the Sinking Fund CommisI sion to lend funds to the several counI ty Boads of Commissioners of the State for the use of their counties in preference to lending same to other applicants for said funds," approved February 25tb, 1897. Amend an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act tc provide for the formation of certain corporations and to define the powers thereof,'" approved the 9.h day of March, A. D. 1896. Make railroad corporations liable to a penalty for failure to post the schedule of rates as provided in Section 1650 of the Revised Statutes of 1893 Amend certain sections o the General Railway Law, Chapter 11, Article 10, relating to certain offenses and penalties, and to insert a new scction to be known as 17341. Confer on the councils of the cities .and towns of this State, tower to make and establish certain rules, by laws and ordinances including general police power. D2fine the rights of the Sinkirg I ISf.-iTir? Pn?nmie?ir?i ns +r? nrmaid tax A." MUW ? ? claims, and forfeited and other lands in the control of said Commission and for the management of the same. Amend the law in relation to the location and names of voting precincts in this State, approved 9;h March, 1896Amend Section 4 of an Act entitled "An act Lore quire the Supervisors of the State to publish quarterly reports," approved 2nd day of March. 1897. Amend an Act entitled "An act to amend Section 2555 of Vol. 1 of the Revised Statues cf 1883, being Section 2431 of the General Statutes regulating the fees and costs of Clerks of Common Pleas and General Sessions, and to establish a special fee bill- for the County of Spartanburg," approved March 5th, 1S97. Fix the salaries of the County Superintendents of Education of the several counties of this State, To abate all taxes due the State and county by certain citizens of Colleton County who have suffered losses by the storms of 1893 and 1894, rendering them unable to pay said taxes for the fiscal year 1S92 and 1893. Require all magistrates to submit their dockets to the County Board of Commissioners quarterly, and said board to report on same to court. Amend an act entitled "An^Stei to r>w>n-?'vifr trusts anr? rami bin atiiws and to provide penalties," approved 25th of February. 1897. Amend Title 4, Section 146, of the Code of Civil Procedure of 1882, beiDg known as Section 146 of the Code of Civil Procedure of 1893, relating to the place of trial of civil action. Provide for the number and appointment of clerks and attaches to J the Senate and House of Representatives. Provide for the county government of the various counties of this State. ' To incorporate ..the Barnwell Railroad Company. Amend Section 1288 of VoL 1 of the Revised. Statutes, relating to the General Stock Law. Authorize town authorities to exchange labor of town convicts with county authorities. Amend Sections 4, 5,10,11, 12 and 13 of an act entitled "An act to provide for the registration of all elf ctors in this State qualified to vote in State, county, municipal, Congressional and Presidential elections." Provide for the winding up of the A# /lAMnAWiliAWC -r-rrV? VUOXUvOd wUipUi.w?XVUO TT1A\AJV V-I.VVX ters have been forfeited. Amend an Act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to pro vide a system of county government for the several counties of this State, so far as it relates to the working of t' e road and highways in this State,'" approved 23d March, 1896, excepting Sumter County. Amend an Act entitled 4 An act to amend Section 15 of an Act entitled 4 An act to provide for the election of the State Board of Control and to further regulate the sale, use and consumption, transportation, disposition of intoxicating and aleoholic liquors, etc.'" approved the 5th March, 1S97, to prevent the manufacturing and distilling of such liquors within two miles of any church or public schooL Make appropriations for the payment of 'the per diem, mileage and stationery certificates of the members the of General Assembly, the salaries of subordinate cfficars and employees thereof, and for other purposes herein named. Raise supplies and make appropriations for the fiscal year commencing January 1,1S98. Require all railroads and railroad companies operating trains and doinjr business in this State to provide and operate separate coaches or separate apartments in coaches for the accommodation and transportation of white and colored passengers in the State. Make appropriations to meet the ordinary expenses of the State Government for the fiscal year commencing January 1st, 1898. An act relating to the records in the office of Countv^Auditor. An act relating to the collection of taxes in towns and cities. Jciut Resolution to abate all taxes due by the taxpayers of Colleton County for the fiscal year 1893 and 1894 icnluded in that portion of the countyknown as the storm district. Joint Resolution to authorize and direct the Secretary of State to enclose the Confederate monument on the State House grounds. Joint Resolution to authorize and direct the Comptroller General to draw warrants on the State Treasurer in favor of the County Treasurers for +>>#? smniint (ins pa.r?h r.nnnt.v in trr1 apportionment of the supplementary school fund derived from the net income from the sale of spirituous liquors. The ZKcOntuy History. The following is the text cf the resolution offered by Senaior Archer and adopted bv both houses of the general assembly in regard to General McCrady's msiory of lius.Siaie: Whereas '"The History of South Carolina1' by Gen. McCrady (the first volume of which has been very recent'y published by tae Mcilillan company), is the first complete and only constitutional and philosophical history of the State yet written: Be it resolved by tbe senate, the house of representatives concurring. I eoi/? Vnct'ivtr oriH tha corrio I -I-"44" L ""U J is hereby, earnestly and specially comiu?uded by the genral assembly o' the State of South Carolina to the trustees and oiher persons in charge of every educational institution in the State a> well as to each snd every citizen of the State. XoSlgiis ol tlie Forty Ittex:. A later report says the steamer Clara Nevada was burned off Burners Bay, Lynn Canal. The fire and explosion were sEen and heard from the wharf and wreckage was picked up on the beach next day but there were no sigrs of the forty men who leftSkaguay on her. ' BR VAN ON TEE RATIO, j F.E&SCNS FCR PRlM*CY ON THE MONEY QUESTION. Thinks tUtft Free of S?Jv?r th? Paramoast Iuaetothe XcXi Campaign Bttwetn the Two Gr;&t Parti*?. The Journal priDts the following article by William J- Bryan: la answer to your inquiry, I submit some of the reasons which lead me to believe that the money question presents an issus which is still paramount in importance. Lj the platform adopted at Chicago, the Democratic party said: "Recoed:zing that the money question is paramount to all others at this time, we iavita attention to the fact that the federal constitution named silver and gold together as the money metals of tne United States, and that the first coinage law passed by congress under the constitution msde the silvar dollar toe monetary unit and admitted gold to fres coinage at a ra tio based upon the siiver dollar unit." After thus elevating the question to the place of supreme importance, the platform proceeded to point out the j effect of an appreciating dollar, and declared the unalterable opDosition of the party to the gold standard, characterizing it as both un American and anti -American. The platform specif!; cilly demanded: First?The free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1. Second?That the standard silver dollar be made a full legal tender, equally with gold, for all debts, public and private. Third?The enactment o! such legislation as will prevent for the future the demonetization of any kind of le gal tender money by private contract. Fourth?That the United States shall not surrender its right to redeem its obligations in either gold or silver. Fifth?That the government shall not issue interest-tearing bonds in < time of peace. Sixth?That the government shall not surrender to national banks the right to issue paper money. While the declaration against national bank notes is not a part of the silver plank,the division line between those who favor independent bimetallism and those who oppose it is almost identical with the line which separates the advocates of government paper from the supporters of national banks of issue, and the two questions will be settled together. Nothing has happened since the election to lessen the real or relative im portance of the money question. If ihe gold standard was bad in 1896 it is still bad; if our present financial system was un-American and anti American in 1896 it has not become naturalized since that time. 4'THE ONLY REMEDY." In 1896 independent bimetallism was pointed out as the only remedy for the gold standard, and the failure of our monetary commission to secure international bimetallism stiengthens our contention. The senate has recently put itself on record in favor of that plank of our platform which declares that the silver dollar shall have a debt paying power equal to the gold dollar and that the government shall not surrender its right to redeem coinobliligations in either gold or silver, and the house has declared against the proposition. Toe effort of the secretary of the treasury to secure authority to issue more bonds and his demand for the retirement of the greenbacks are in direct opposition to the positions above stated. Thus it will be seen that events, not free silver agitators, are keeping the money question before the country. The evil effects of the gold slandard are so apparent that the Republican j riarte refnsps to hpfiome snonsor for I r?-^r ? ? ? the system; it is so indefensible that even Secretary Gage in his recent spec sh at Philadelphia took occasion to ss.y that the president is in favor of international bimetallism and has the support of all his cabinet in his effort to s ecure the co-operation of other nations in getting rid of the gold standard. But while the Republican party, through the chief executive,still holds out the nope of international bimetallism, none of the party leaders say a word in defense of the double standard, independent or international. "Why not? Because international bimetallism can only be defended on the theory that the existing gold standard is unsatisfactory, and the Republican party leaders know that the Republican party has no real intention of abandoning the present gold standard, and forins\r thaypfrtfo Q-fFonH t.r? COT7 VWUUV?, anything which would make the people dissatisfied with it. Neither do they, as a rule, say anything in favor of the gold standard, because to do so would at once raise the question: Why, then, is international bimetallism desirable? "GAGE ON BOTH SIDES." Occasionally a speaker will ba found who will take both sides of the question as did Mr. Gage at Philadelphia. After trying to show that the gold standard had been a great blessing to thj laboring man, he declared it to be the intention of the Sspuulicans to substitute another system. The question at once arises, if the gold standard has been a blessing to the laboring man, why does not the xtepubli can party advocate its retention,rather than its abandonment. International bimetallism will have exactly the same effect as independent bimetallism in raising pricss. If a fall in prices is an advantage, then a rise in prices cannot be desirable; and if, on the other hand, a risa in prices, whether obtained through independent bimetallism or through an international agreement, is good, then the fall in prices carsed by the gold standard mu>=t admitted to have worksd an injury. The fall in prices extending over the last 25 years, has, in fact, been disastrous to the producers of wealth in every gold standard country of the world. France now desires to abandon the gold ssandard; the German reicbstag declared for international bimetallism in 1895; the farmers and laboring men of England are now protesting against the gold standard- Can any Demo i crat deny that relief from the gold standard is imperatively needed S Should theDamccratic party abandon the position it has taken on the side of the masses in this world wide contest ? The stand taken by the Republicans raises the most important question tha} ca73 confront a nation, namely, the right of the people to legislata for T"'T? mil K1 i r> t\1 a rv> lilCiAlsci > C^. xuc iv;^uj:ioau ptatiwiu* is the first platform which ever declared in favor of repealing the Da claration of independence. That platform expressly transfers from America to Europe the right to determine the financial policy of the United States. According to that platform, the American pecple shouJd seek international co-operation in re j storing bimetallism, but must maintain the gold standard until thateo operation is secured. The Republican plan is to invite foreign assistance, but while we may invite, European nations ore at liberty 4 to refuse t'-e invitation, and they have ? [thus far done so. The Republican platform, there/orr*, means that we 1 must have the gold standard as long as European nations favo* the gold stand! ard, and can have bimetallism only f when they consent to it. Recent events have demonstrated that Europe ^asturned the money question over to Eagland, and England seems I i.-. ? yv 4f Arrnw t TT*n/?lioV* | I U 11AVC L ux vy ? vi m# vuv ju j^nau | financiers, who, on the 221 of lastSepI tember, met at the clearing house, [ pledged themselves to secrecy, decided upon the gold standard, and thusde| terminec. our financial policy as long I as the Republican plan prevails. MONEY QUESTION FIRST. No one believes that bimetallism will prove a panacea for all political ills, best the money question must be settled before other questions can be reached. Financial independence is a condition pr*cedent to reform along other lines. The povrer that controls our financial policy can control the policy of our government on every other subject whenever occasion arises for the exercise of that control. Suppose, for instance, that the money question were dropped and the fight against the trusts made the main issue. Much foreign capital is invested in trusts, and foreign financiers could announce that any legislation hostile to trusts would be followed by the withdrawal of foreign capital and a panic. If they can threaten the with drawal of foreign capital to prevent a change of our financial pc-Iicv, tney can tnreaten such withdravral to prevent the annihilation of trusts or the regulation of other corporations. Not only can this threat be made ia regard to our domestic policy, but it can be made to prevent the adoption of any foreign policy which does not meet with favor ia Europe. We cannot protect tbe rights of our citizens, avenge an insult to the flag, enforce the Monroe doctrine or express our sympathy with these who are struggling to be free, if we are to te deterred by the threats, of foreign investors. The right to legislate for our people on the money question involves the right to legislate on all questions, and until this right is secured the discus siou of other questions will avail nothing. When we have released ourselves from the dictation of foreign financiers and overthrown the local money trust which controls our financial policy we shall be in a position to undertake the extermination of other trusts and the protection of our people from all forms of monopolistic oppression. "OTHER PLANKS NOT ABANDONED." The other planks of the Chicago platform are not abandoned. Those who favor free coinage at IS to 1 advocate and will carry out all the other reforms enumerated in the platform, but they -will not lessen the emphasis placed upon the money question by the party itself in its latest utterances. But there are some who admit the necessity for bimetallism aid who confess that it can only be secured by > independent action but suggest a fc change of ratio. Tney ask, why 16 to 1 ? I answer that there are several reasons. Sixteen to 1 is the ratio at which we had free coinage from 1834 to 1873. It is the ratio now existing between the gold and silver coins in circulation, and it is more favorable to gold than the ratio now existing in most European counirle?. To change the ratio by independent action, beside changing existing contracts, lessening our currency and incurring great expense, would put us nnf- nf Itarnnnv with other nations. especially would it put us out of har mony with France, the European nation most friendly to silver, where the ratio is 15 12 to 1. If by international agreement we should change the ratio to 32 to 1, for instance, it would necessitate the recoinage of more than four billions of silver into coins twice as large (provided the change was made by" increasing the S2Z9 of the silver coins). To double the size of silver coin of the world would ciminish by one half the silver money of the world; it would diminish by one quarter the entire volume of metallic money of the world. Such a shrinkage in the volume of mon6y would, ia effect, add billions of dollars to the debts of the world. 1J Via ^avio OilUUJLU dj L au iujuij UsJ UUUW without the necessity for it being proven beyond a reasonable doubt? "present ratio artificial." Bimetallists contend that gold and silver have been driven apart by hostile legislation, and that they can be brought together by friendly legislation. They contend that legislation favorable to gold has increasad the purchasing power of an ounce of gold through out the world and lowered the general level of prices, while the same legislation has lessened the demand for sil ver and lowered the gold price of that metal. t They con tend that the restoration of the free and unlimited coinage by a great nation like the United States will increase the demand for silver to a point where the mints will require all the surplus silver of the world, and thus, by raising the gold price of silver and lowering the purchasing - e - c _-1 J in power 01 an ounoa u>. kuiu, wu.i xestore the parity at lo to 1, and thereafter maintain the parity at thai ratio. It is true that some bimetalists do not believe that this nation alone can maintain the parity at that ratio, but shall the great majority who do oslieve surrender their conviction to the comparatively few who doubt? Upon what principal can a minority demand of a majority the right to dictate a platform? Those who are opposed to the gold standard must act together, and the plan of action musi be determined by the majority. The moment th", ratio of 16 to 1 is surrendered our silver plank loses its force. "OPPONENTS OF 16 TO 1 NOT AGREED." Those who oppose the ratio of 16 to 1 are not agreed among themselves. No considerable body of men ask for any other specific ratio. One man orw_ 1 * ?U~,. 04 l Oft. I bays &\J i\j -L, <*iiuiuer , but all the objectors together are small in number when compared with those who firmly b9iieve in the ability of this nation to maintain the parity at 16 to 1. If it is proposed to leave the ratio to coDgress, it must be remembered that those who desire bimetallism demand affirmative action, and every oae opposed to the ratio fixed in any propos cd bill will be counted against any siDd of bimetallism. If the ratio is left to be determined by congressmen who run upon different platforms, it gives a caarce for a xa-iety ofr&t .cs, which will effectually prevent any legislatioa favorable to bimetallism, and will also give a cbance for friends of the gold stand ardtoshp m!o congress under the pretense of favoring seine undefined ratio, but -who, as matter of fact, would use their positions to maintain the gold standard. The ratio of 16 to 1 has been adopted by the Dsmccratic party in a convention whica, more than any recent convention, received its authority direct from the people. The rank and file of the party, in* stead of leaving: the ratio to the leaders, expressed their own opinion upvn ihe subicct, anci that opinion has not j changed since the convention. T^is ratio has also been indorsed by the Pop'J list m?rtv. the National Silver panv and the Silver Republicans. To abandon the ratio vculd be wron? in itsejf, and as impolitic, as i1; would be wronf. If the Democratic party were to allow its policy on tnis question to be determined by a few doubting Thom a^es, or by the deserters who supported the enemy in the struggles between Democracy and plutocracy, it would lcse the respect and confidence of these who now look to it as an efficient means of restcrirg the government of tae peopie. "THE .MIRE OF AMBIGUITY." To turn from its ciear and courageous enunciation to -wallow again in the mire of ambiguity and deception would alienate those* who have been drawn 10 it by the plat'orm of 189C The Democratic party could have retained within its folds the deserters of 1S96 if it had consented to a meaningless platform, but it preferred to lose some members of the body rather than lave the whole body destroyed. Regeneration did not come too soon. The gold Democrats were rapidly making the party a rival of the Repub iicaa party for the favor of trusts and monopolies. If the Chicago platform did nothing else, it drove" frcm the party those who had been manipulating the party for private gain and using the government for public plunder. There are many of these deserters whose return to the party would bring weakness rather than add strength, atd there are millions of Democrats who would not surrender a single line of the Chicago platform to recover every deserter who left because of real antagonism to the principles set forth in that platform. I do not refer to those who were misled. There were many who left because they did not fully understand the issues raised,they are coming back nf thpii* ftwn ac.pnrrf Vipnaiian t.hfiv find themselves in sympathy with out platform. The party can -win more voters ry steadfastly standing by the right than by weakly compromising with error, and these won back to the platform will be useful when they return, while those who profess attachment to the Democratic name rather than to Democratic principles will always require watching. The Democratic party has put its band to the plow, and uole3S 1 mistake the spirit whicL animates the members, it will not look back. W. J. BRYA2J. George Tillman In the Race. Gtorge D. Tillman, of Edgefield, fcas given out to the press the following announcement: To the Damccracy of South Carol:na: Much more at the suggestion of others than by my own prompting, I announce my candidacy for governor, honestly belie^ing that the offia seeks , the man, or else I would not hava re' ceived so many letters urging me to run. Manly candor also bids me to confess that a sense of duty as a citizen impels me to make the effort to reunite the people of the State and correct certain evils, which if done would result in mora libertv and less taxation. To achieve these" ends I s^all advocate several measures that if adopted would both strengthen local self-government and reduca present annual State and county taxes at least a fourth?or say, half a million dollars ?without diminishing but positively increasing the efficiency ef our government. What these measures are and argument in support of them, will bs discussed later on. I shall run as the candidate of no faction, no ring, no bcs3, but simply on my own character ais a man and record as a public servant. Geo. D. Tillman. Kentucky 3ed Hot. The following resolution was introduced in the Kentucky legislature Thursday and will be voted upon Fridav: "Where, war is now being waged by the Cuban patriots, for liDerty, home and country, ana whereas, the United States, for her kindly endeavor in trying to secure peace and autonomy for the insurgents has been repeatedly insulted by the Spanish government, to such an extent as to no longer be withstood; bs it "Resolved, Thatthe general assem bly of the state of Kentucky ttiat uu&a is, ani of right should be free and in dependent, and to secure that end, immediate steps should be taken by our representatives in congress and senators to secure liberty and restore peace; and forever renounce the right of Spam to govern said island. "Bs it further resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be presented to our representatives and senators in con gress, and they may know that in the sense of the representatives of the common-wealth of Kentucky, further delay is cowardly, and the time for action has come." Nowadays when women are trying to do everything it is not strange that many things are overdone. ?t is not strange that there are ail kinds of physical and mental disturbances. If the woman who is a docior, or a lawyer, or a journalist, or in business would not try to be a society woman too it might be different; but the woman who knows when she has done a dav's work has vet to be born. Usually a woman's way is to keep doing until she drops. Working in this way has manifold evils. The most common trouble resulting from over-exertion, either mentally or physically, is constipation cf the bowels with all its attendant horrors. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the most tffectual remedy in the market. They work upon the system easily, naturally. There is no unpleasant nausea aiter taking them. No griping?no pain?no discomfort. Th*y are composed of materials that go through the system gradually, collecting all impurities and, like the good little servants tnat they are disposing of them effectually. Ax Ixportaxt Order.?Dr. Wyrran, of the agricultural station of Clemson college, has received 1 rom the secretary of agriculture, James Wilson, the following order, which is of mnch irrprrtance to cattle shippars: "Coa'ormmg to thesat^ regulations of Kansas. Illinois, Kectucky and Virginia, it is hereby ordsied that B. A. Order No. 8 (D cexbsr 15, 1897), srid amendments thereto, bs SUSpcoci U S3 2S i? perum m: of i5outlr-rn ca'.tle into Kansas, Illinois and Kentucky ualil February 1, 1S38 and into and through Virgini* uaiil February 15,1898, without restriction. Ail prior order conflicting herewith are hereby suspanded."' To the average eye not more than 5,CC0stars are visible; some persons having extraordinarily strong eyes can see about 8.000 stars. Through the Lick teiescopa and other powerful instruments about 50,000 stars are visible. There are believed to be stars in existence beyond the reach of any tel escope yet constructed., i A GEORGIA HORROR. Thre;? K!?ck FJecc!? 5ft Fjr? t? ? Yonnj L-tiy. An Atlanta despatch says Governor Atkinson is ia receipt of a letter from Sheriff Patterson, of Decatur county, Ga., giving tbe particulars of a mr?si dastardly crime committed in that county one day last week, and asking the governor to offer a suitable reward ! for the arrest and conviction of the guilty pariins. Tne sheriff tells of the heinous attempt to burn to death the 16 yearold daughter of a prominent citizen of Decatur county by three unknown negroes who escaped after their terrible crime, and are still at large. The negroes accosted the girl wni^e at a spring a short distance from her father's houae, and without apparent cause caugnt the child and prccseded to set fire to her clothio^. She was then released and she ran screaming to her home, where she was expected to die at last accounts. Tne governor is investigating the case fully, and if the facts warrant it. Jae will otter a suuaoie reward ior1 the capture of the three negroes. The full particulars cf the crime arc contained in a clipping from the Biin bridge Democrat cf rccent date, which Sheriff Patterson sent Goveri.or Atkinson, as follows: "A story has reached hera to the effect that on Monday the IG-year-old daughter of Mr. Jim Alaay, of *he lower part of this county, went to the spring for water, situated 200 yards from her father's house, and on reaching thtre was accosted by three negro men, who asked her name and who she was, and upon being inform ed asked if she was Jim Alday's child, and upon receiving an affirmative reply, said "Well, you, we are going to burn you up," aud seized her, two of them held ner while the third fired he: clothing all round the bottom of her skirts and then liberated herard told her to i un. "Screaming for life, she ran like a deer to her father's door, but when she reached there every stitch ol clothing had burned from her body and she was horribly burned ail over, and by this lime the untortunate creature is probably dead from her injuries, although receiving the promptest and best medical attention. "Whether the demons who perpetrated this horrible crime have been apprehended, we are unable to learn. "The account of the crime wasde tailed to us by a gentleman who learned it from Dr. J. D. Chason o? Iron City, who just left the bedside of the young lady, and he expressed no nope 3f her recovery. She Forgot the Tarnips. She ?;as a thin old lady and climbed into the car at Kingston with many hesitating turns of the head, and when her big black valise and other bundles had been piled upon the seat in front of her, she pushed back her j [ red-striped snawl and iooued cut 01 the window with an air.cf content: meat. The train had not prcceeded many miles, however, bifore she began to fumble among ner bundles in a nervous sort cf way, and suddenly she broke out in a mcst pittiful wail: 'Iknowedit! Lawamassa, whut will I do?" The passengers all locked sympathizingly toward her. The kindly old gent across the aisles went over to her ana said: "My good woman, what is the trouble? Can't we do anything for you?1' "Oh, Lord, I can't tear it! Let me off. Stop the train. Step it quick." The old gent gave the bell cord a vigorous pull and the train came to an abrupt halt. "What's the master here?" asked the conductor sharply as he came in from the forward car. "W'j" sobbed the old Isdy. "I plum fergot thet peck o' turnipsl had sacked up to take to my son John Henry m Atlanta.''?imama journal. 3IUIStone Srckc. A special from Letohatchie. A] a , says: ~ By the bursting of a mill rock at the mill of McDonald aud Whitney, near here Friday evening Zick i Cain had his braiES dashed out. Jim I Powell was fatally wjurded and 0. E. McDonald was badly huri by a piece of ro:k. Adrift on ice. A dispatch received here from Helsingfors says that a track of ice on the coast of Finland broke adrift in a SDOwn storm ana was carried to sea with 200 fishermen acd several horses. Defendants oJ Columbus. A Spanish newspaper announces that the last two descendants of Christopher Columbus are now occupants of a psor house at Cadiz. Prolong Childhood.?Too early children b.ccme meu and women. Oar effort should be to prolong their childhood, and beguile and enthrall them with childish pleasures and amusements. Let them believe with all their hearts that Sinia Claus is a real person and a lover of children. Let imagination not' be checked, fcut have full and free rein. Too scon, yes altogether, too soon, will their [eyes be open, ana ihey discover the bollowness of life, 3s they assume du ties we would fain have them escape. Only after they are men ana women need th9y putaway childish things. The Cow's Cud.?There are hundreds of people who believe in giving a sick cow a piece of salt beef to "bring back her cud." When a cow is sick she refuses to eat; it is then decided that she has ''lost her cud," and she is treated for its restoration, when _ * - -l t i e 4.1^ ?... j in xact me caewing ui tuc uuu ~?iuuyjj the forcing of the food into the moutn from a large storage stomach to be chewed and then swallowed, the food passing into a smaller stomach for di gestion. Hundreds of cows, however, are treated for 'Moss of cud," and their horns are bcrid as a remedy for "hollow horn." Something is bound to break out in Atlanta least once a week It may be Will Myers or only the smallpox, but break cut it will, as sure as dea'h and tazes?which are reasonably certain in Atlanta sa^s th3 Augusta Herald. It is th? kissing epidemic which row attracts attention. Di agrams of the infected district and specific directions how to citch the disesseappear in the daily pipers and the special corresponde nt are earning e champagne salary. An exchange says: "The man who went cut to milk and sat on a stump in the middle of the pasture and waited for the cow to back up io him was the elder brother of the man who kept a store and didn't advertise because ha believed the nurchasing public would back up to his p:ace when they wanted any {hi eg. The claim of the Methcdis*. Publish ing House at Nashville agaiast the government for the u;e during the war of its building, tyte. presses, etc , was passed by the House lssf- week b> an overwhelming majority. After a delay of twenty-five years the government through one House of Congress grants this act of undisputed justice. A JDI?tr*99?3C Trajjedy. ;?S2i A distressing trpgedv occurred in Ciev?]oni c'uaiy, N. (3., on last Friday. G-ngjr, a youth about seventeen 3 eirs of age. nad l"n? been desperately in iove with Ella Williams, :i very pretty ycuns: girl who had just turned sixteen. He besought her to elope witn him to South Carolina, where thev could be married, but she refused all his overtures and told him she did not Io7e him. Grigg broodei ever his unrequited love and resolved that as life w:*s no longer worth living, he and Ella should die together. He concealed himself in a hedge by the roadside along which he knew she would pass. She soon came along accompanied by her little brother. As ihey came along from the hedge a shot rang cut and Ella Williams fell fatally wounded. N-^t sure that the single bullet would do its work. Grigg rushed out from his concealment, stood ever the body of the dying girl and shot three times. After he saw that she was dead, he turned to take his o wn life. He put the smoking pistol t-) his own temple and fired. T-^e entire top of his head was blown eft' and he died almost instantly. The Williams child carried the news of the tragedy to the parents of the victims. Whey they leiched the spot they found the body of the murderer and the murdered lying side by side stark dead covered with their life's blood. Both belonged to prominent families in thur section and ths tragedy has cast a gloom over the entire countv. Both the murderer-suicide and his fair victim are to be buried side by side in the same graveyard at the same hour. Hilton's Iodoform Liniment is the "nee pluultra" of ail such preparations in removing soreness, and quickly healing fresh cuts and wounds, no matter how bad. It will promptly heal old sores of long standing. Will kill the poison from ''Poison Ivy" or "Poison Oik" and cure "Dew Poison." Will counteract the poison from bites of snakes and stings of insects. It is a sure cure for sore throat. Will cure any case of sore mouth, and is a supe rior remedy for all pains and acnes. Sold by druggists and dealers 25 cents a bottle. Hailaes Drowned, * Mail advices received from Colomba, Ceylon, say that Barnes and King marines Deionging to tne united States cruiser Rileigh, on her way to China ,were drowned during the night of Jan. 24. It is supposed they started to swim ashore on a "lark", thinking they were able to scale the breakwa ter. Should you or any of the family get a burn, moisten common baking soda with water and apply at ooce to the effected part. It will stop the pain almost like magic, and prevent blistering cf the skin. The garison on Sallivan's Island is to be increased to a full regiment. The regiment will be accompanied by a colonel and full staff and a band of music. 71:-= .v-cll;er's Pay Day. 77!--; -,x.y r. hard-working mother of a fp.tr : for her labor at the ead of a v.-ec-k ? The husband may I j jljl bring home his regular wa?es- Some of the childfyrfTOlD^.^a rsrju ren may be old rr^ ;;,;v.'ii r-VsHgt enough to earn y^y theirs. But the i mother, what is ?t? I fTfe' Her pay for her ?T\ i ifeji * days of toil and A V often nights of anx.iety ? Well, -=" ^K?f\!>\ she is either O?- / T/a \paid in love or >^/ U/L cr^sh.z isn't paid J%T ^j]L> at all. The majority ^ y/ / _" Vx^ of mothers are / T | (vv\ perfectly satis?\\\ fied with the simple recompense of loving appreciation. If any mother doesn't receive that much, it's an awful pity. It's a sad thing when the rz-ther comes down sick with overwork or \,orry, or because some little weakness or disease has been neglected until it gets to be alarming. It should never be allowed to get to this point She ought to be looked after right iaway. OIIC iiccuo LUC uc*p vi wluuiuu otujv. medical treatment. Of course no one medicine will cure everything. A medicine must be speciallvadapted to its particular purpose. If the digestive organs or the liver are out of order Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is a perfect and scientific remedy. His_ "Favorite Prescription" is specially devised for weaknesses and diseases of the womanly organs; and it is the most potent remedy for these troubles which has ever been invented. Where both these conditions exist these two medicines taken alternately constitute a thoroughly scientific course of treatment, which has been marvelously successful with thousands of dyspeptic, "debilitated and nervous women. " I take great pleasure in recommending Dr. Pierce's Favorite*Prescription. "Golden Medical Discovery' and * Pellets,' " writes Mrs. Jed Lawrence. South Hero, Grand Ible Co., Vt. "My trouble was female weakness, kidney disease, neuralgia, change of life and bad flowing spells. I took eight bottles of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. seven bottles of ' Golden Medical Discovery. and seven small vials of' Pellets.' The doctors did not help mc any. I could not sleep night nor day. I suffered 'everything before I began to take Dr. Pierce's jr.edicines. When I began to use them I weighed joo pounds. Now I weigh 145 pounds. I can now do all my work." M?ioe ts motsers | * ? pieatn:* u> o-tiiisR yoc r att: r U 53 So ?remedy io long needed in earr; lag children safely ihrongi the critics' atage of teething. It b an incaiculabl blessing to mother and child. I? yoc i1.? ilitnrbed at night trith a ilci, frst^nl teething child, nse Pitta' Carminative, i' TflU gi?e Inttsnr relief, and regulate th j towels. and mate tsfthlnx ?*fe and e??y j I* ttIU cars Dysentery as-i Wsrrhoaa j FItti Carminative Is an instant -cl'ef to I mUc of I? ttIU promote di?w'.an #?? Sot:?* emr-x? ?o wm-c.'j % > bo"P9l2. Toe Hicic, puny, ratterlm? *'i < *}>] soon become ?it cud frolic*'- k t> of y>? bocwfcolcS. it :? very pieos*G> ?-/ *r$ f'^l\ w) 3? 3v>n? ja j Mj tK<; by crcgtfrt? THE MURRAY DRUG CO., Columbia, S. C. MCMILL A2? 'S ft TIIPPE C0T/3-H CL- UJf. WILL RELIEVE THAT COUGH A.ND GIVE YOU HEALTHFUL Rj?ST GOOD FOR ?$?* GOOD FOB, ^ Waltekboko. 6, C. Feoy. 27. lay7. Dear Sir:?Having suffered several days j wiin '*La Grippe" aad gettla? no relief | tiom many ut,usr ixjuv meuitiue, x uiou McMillan's Grippe Oougn Care, I can truthfully say I found it the best remedy I have ever tried, before finishing the Dottle was cured. .Respectfully. COL. B. STOKES. 25 cents for large battle. For sale by al Druggists. If your druggist doesn't keep i1;, send us 25 cents and we will send it bj return express. \V. C. McillLLAN, Druggist, Oct.gP Columbia. S- C ^-OSBORNE'S /? Ansnsta, Ga. Actual bnsinMJ. Notext u ^ booKs- Siiort time4 Cheap fcoard. SeacI for citalopio. - - - ' . A Happy Home Is increased ten-fold by good Music. Make the most of life by procuring a good PIANO OR OBGA2T. Music has a refining influence, and keeps your children at home. REMEMBER i'ou only invest omce in a life-time, prorid ed you select a good Instrument: %>! I CHALLENGE J Any house in America to beat my prices. quality and responsibility considered. TERMS. To those not prepared to pay cash, I will jfl give reasonable time, at a slight difference, Warranty,v l tally guarantee my instruments sold as represented. DON'T FAIL To write for prices anJ terms, and for illus trated catalogues. YOURS FOR PIANOS AND ORG A.NS M. A. M ALONE, 1509 MAES' STREET, COLUMBIA, 8. C., LIQUOK, OPIUM AND TOBACCO HABIT THOROUGHLY CURED. REMOVED FROM COLUMBIA ?? - THE KEELEY INSTITUTE &EEENYH.X.B, S. C. THE THOMAS ta the most complete system of eievattn?^ _V handling; cleaning and pactfn* cotton' I Improres staple, saves labor, makes yen mosey. Write for catalogues, no other j| equals it I handle the most improred COTTON GINS, ^ FRJ8SK8, ELEVATOBS, ENGINES AND BOILERS to be found on the market. My Sergeant Log Beam Saw Kill 1*, in simplicity and efficiency, a wonder. COB'S HILLS, FLANEBS, GANG EDGES*". and all wood working machinery. MDD35LL AND TAI&OTT BNGltfBa Arc the bent Write to me before Myltw. Y. C. Badfeam, General OOTjlTlMTBTA. 8. CI From Maker Direct to Purchaser. 0 | A Good | P igf jaymtnU^ 'fldi ouu mm S? give endlea SI g$ Till. 1 IIHvexation. g 1 Mathushek i Is always Good, always Reliable, SSI W a! ways Satisfactory, always Last- 9fi a? in?. You take no chances In buy* 901 * M *???"? IM ?? yt cost* somewhat more than a/ si Wf chtap, poor puino, but Is much the Sjh? cheapest in toe end. 98iI No other Hlsrh Grade Piano sold so 3? <?$ reasonable, f actory prices to retail 3w fiS buyers. Easy payments. Write u*. s*| I,- LUDDEN & BATES, SS V*' S?vnria*&, <rB-, and Sew York City. Address: D. A. PRESLEY, Agent COLUMBIA, 8. C. PPPPMH J B xi"EF0BTHEUV8R asdB I KIDNBTS,MlBnam8Wpart^ #?Ta n?4_ Is the best after J B9 tn<?se _ ggj meals medicine to aid dlgeSttem j? Prevents Heidi ches. CaresHy I BiUiousaeis* Acts on the Kid- K3 I neya .witnin Thirty minate< after HT I taiing, relieving acoea in the! I back from disorder tf t&cs eor-Hb I gans. Keiieves aU stomach B I troubles. Is entirely vegetable, H 250, ?0: and |l 03 a bottle. Sold H I oy dealers generally, ana t>7 Tbe H H Murray Drag Go , Colombia, S. HP 1 ,r H Bear, Charles ton, I SaB o. IE ^ * Sold by dealers generally and by THE MURRAY DRUG CO., .COLUMBIA, S. 0.